List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone adverb
- coincidentally, by chance, unexpectedly, accidentally, randomly
- rarely, unusually, seldom, once in a while
obsolete reading search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stoop, to lean over, to bend forward
- to bend down, to crouch, to squat
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to stoop, to bend (e.g. one's knees)
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- sole (of a shoe)
- sole (fish)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae)
- Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
usually written using kana alone physics noun noun (generic)
- renormalisation, renormalization
usually written using kana alone expression
- knock on wood, touch wood, heaven forbid, God help me, absit omen!
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fumigation
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- game fowl, gamecock
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) finance go (game)
- link, connection, tie, bond, contact
- filler, stopgap (job, budget, etc.)
- thickener (e.g. in cooking), thickening, liaison
- hedging, hedge
- overalls, coveralls, boiler suit
- intermission (in kabuki), interval
- connection